The Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan team specialises in trade investigations, including anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and safeguard inquiries across various sectors like steel, copper, aluminium, and technology. Heading the practice is V. Lakshmikumaran, who is renowned for his expertise in international taxation, transfer pricing, and foreign trade policy. Devinder Bagia takes the lead in managing high-profile cases, successfully representing foreign clients from jurisdictions including Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, the EU, and the US. Moreover, supporting the team, associate partner Ankur Sharma specialises in WTO and trade remedy laws, deftly drafting submissions from investigation to appellate stages; while associate partner Pareesha Gupta brings expertise to trade remedial investigations, handling matters both domestically and cross-border.

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Key clients

  • Bergwerff Organic India Private Limited
  • Jiangsu Wujin Stainless Steel Pipe Group Co., Ltd.
  • KL-Kepong Oleomos Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia; |FPG Oleochemicals Sdn Bhd., Malaysia & Procter and Gamble International Operations SA Singapore
  • The Royal Thai Government
  • Ministry of Commerce, Government of India
  • Hyosung Group
  • Mahle Anand Thermal Systems Private Limited
  • Technova Imaging Systems (P) Ltd.
  • DSM Nutritional Products Limited, Switzerland
  • Schenectady International Group
  • Directorate General of Trade Remedies, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India.
  • Bahru Stainless SDN BHD
  • ACERINOX EUROPA, S.A.U
  • SIJ ACRONI D.O.O.
  • Synchem International Co., Ltd.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

V. Lakshmikumaran

Other key lawyers

Devinder Bagia, Ankur Sharma, Pareesha, Aayush Rastogi, Gopakrushna Das, Baratwaj Viswanathan, Jayant Raghu Ra, Arpit Mehra